I sighed and sat down on my couch. It had been a long day and I was tired. I hated this place and yet I loved it too. I had spent half my life here in Wales. Beautiful place Wales is. But I missed the adventure and the excitement. The danger of it all. But I was sent here for my protection. Even if it was a little dull doing the same thing day after day. I got up off my couch and went outside onto my deck. The stars were beautiful. I always loved star gazing.
"I know you're up there… I miss you." I saw the stars twinkle and the billions of different little planets and galaxies that were up there. And yet I knew one planet was missing. But only one… one person was up there that I wanted to see.
"Come back soon…" When he promised to come back he never told me how long. And with him time was never always on his side. I just had to wait. I knew he'd come back for me eventually but I had all the time in the world. For me time had come to a stand still. My body stopped ageing while the world around me grew older with time. People came and went. Cities rose and fell. For the world time went on, for me though…time stood still.
I fell asleep on the deck and didn't wake up until I heard a loud crash. I woke up and ran back into my house and grabbed my gun before running down my back steps. I cautiously went to the front of my house,
"I say a bit of rough landing don't you think?" That voice. I knew that voice.
"Rough! That was more than rough. That was an all out crash." A voice of a woman, Scottish too.
"Yes, she is a bit beat up isn't she."
"Where are we even at doctor-" A British man's voice.
"Doctor." The three spun around to face my already raised weapon.
"Ah, yes, well you see I am the Doctor. Here's my certification." He proceeded to pull out a small booklet about the size of a passport, but the psychic power it had never worked on me,
"It's blank." I brushed past him and made my way to that old blue box I loved so much. His face showed confusion and the girl looked terrified,
"Doctor…"
"Yes the Doctor and his TARDIS. A bit beat up the poor old girl is. What have you been doing to her?" I patted the side of the police box and made my way in,
"Doctor, how did she-"
"You out of all people should know about legends Doctor. You are one of them in fact. Even your name burns in the stars and in the Medusa Cascade. You have starlight in your eyes Doctor…" The Doctor's eyes were forever on me. He's mouth was open slightly with a smile tugging at the corners of his lips. "Legend has it that there was war. One of the greatest wars in all of creation, and the people were dying. It says a woman of the stars was taken away by a keeper of time to be the one who carries on the hope of a people that would never see the end of the war. She was the starlight that was to lead them out of the dark. To be the one that carries on the hope and the legend." The Doctor grinned now and took over from there,
"She was his light out of the darkness of what he had done. But the keeper of time could not stay with her. She needed to be safe and he needed to finish what was started. He promised to return once the danger was gone. For life with mortals would only bring sorrow, and he had promised to bring her back to the stars one day." I grew closer to the Doctor and my smile matched that of the Doctor's.
"And as she said goodbye to the keeper of time she gave him a token to remember her by-"
"As so not to forget her." I smiled at the Doctor seeing how he remembered. He smirked and the Doctor came closer to me so we were inches apart.
"Ah, Doctor, she still has a gun…"
"Very observant Rory."
"How do you know my name?"
"Amy."
"How do you know me then?" The Doctor never took his eyes off of me and simply tilted his head a little,
"She's a Starheart."
"A what?"
"So Doctor… what was it that she gave the keeper of time…" He had a twinkle in his eye as he pulled the chain out from under his shirt to reveal the pendant which had a faint glow to it.
"The necklace of a Starheart. Or so the legend goes."